Communication, hegemony and memory: Discursive struggles over civilianmilitary dictatorship in contemporary Brazilian society

Authors

  • Felipe Correa de Mello

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ver.2018.32.79.02

Abstract

In this paper, we aim to make some notes about the discursive struggles over civilian-military dictatorship in contemporary Brazilian society. In order to do so, we first discuss the role of the media in the constitution of the hegemonic memories about this historical period; then we illuminate the presence of subterranean memories (Pollak, 1989) and counter-hegemonic discourses, which aim to establish discursive materialities opposite to the silencing of multiple dimensions of dictatorship, such as the genocide of indigenous peoples, the participation of the business community and the mainstream media in the constitution and support of the authoritarian government. We argue that, despite a relative growth in these voices and subterranean memories, our country is still characterized by the lack of a culture of memory about our recent past.

Keywords: collective memories, civilian-military dictatorship, media, hegemony.

Author Biography

Felipe Correa de Mello

Doutor em Comunicação e Práticas de Consumo (ESPM, São Paulo), pesquisador do Grupo CNPq de Pesquisa em Comunicação, Educação e Consumo (ESPM). Mestre em Psicologia Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), bacharel em História pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Foi professor e coordenador do curso de Marketing no Centro Paula Souza. Tem experiência nas áreas de Comunicação Social, Publicidade e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: comunicação e linguagem, práticas de consumo, narrativas midiáticas, análise do discurso, teoria da comunicação, comunicação e cultura, psicologia do consumo, história e ficção, história do Brasil, comunicação museológica.

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Published

2017-08-03

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Vol. 32 No. 79 (2018)

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